The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-10-12
Farm and Garden Notes.

Lime is an admirable wood preserver.
Never breed a SOW before she is year
old, as it retards her growth.
A sow will raise better pigs when from
two to four years old than at any other
age.
It is said that milk taken from cows
affected with tuberculosis will convey
consumption if applied to human beings.
A contemporary remarks: GAS "a rule
farmers wait too long before cutting hay,
and to strike itjust right requires judg-
ment and experience"
Cultivation is so easy every farmer, if
he does no more, should keep his kitchen
garden free from weeds. He should never
permit any to ripen their seed.
The Germantown Telegraph says: "On
account of the contained ammonia, @
good way to dispose of old boots is to
bury them at the foot of an apple-tree." !"
Do not allow milch cows to become
worried. If they are their milk will
soon become sour and unwholesome.
Infants using it will suffer from collie,
diarrh9a, etc.
In using tarred paper for roofs con.
sideration must be given to the fact that
unless paper be scurely fastened so that
the wind will not get under it the roof
will be easily destroyed during the prev
alence of high wind. Paper roofs are
excellent if only they be properly put on.
Sir J. B. Lawes says: ave have GER
tain evidence that gypsum, which is
present in large quantities in soluble
phosphates, has q very beneficial effect
upon clover, though the super-phosphate
had not been applied directly to the
clover, but to the roots two years previ-
onsly."
If the earth turn up lumpy after the
plow, roll and harrow it reasonably fine
at once without waiting for rain. A
light shower, which would not moisten
hard Jumps, will render small ones fit to
moulder fine as ashes. 1t is hard to over
estimate the importance of tining land
which is to be sown with any cereal.
The kind of sheep to keep depends on
the soil and pasturage. The Southdown
il the best to cross with native ewes that
are made to forage great portion of the
time. Merinos do better in large locks
than do the heavy mutton sheep. Heavy
breeds cannot range as easily as the small
sheep, and therefore require more atten-
ton. Using the improved breeds for
crossing means that large allowance OF
food must be given if success is expected.
The young shorthorn breeder who will
take one good family and breed it in its
purity with the best sircs will attain
success and reputation not to equalcd
by the miscellaneous breeder of a dozen
families. The young breeder who takes
one family of good breeding and of the
very best individual merit, and with the
right kind of bull to stamp uniform
type, will attain fame and fortune if he
Will stick to his one family for ten or
twenty years.
Cultivated in groves, the average
growth in twelve years of several va
ricties of hard wood has been ascertained
to be about as follows: White maple
reaches foot in diameter and 30 feet in
height; ash, leaf maple or box elder, l
foot in diameter and 20 feet in height;
white willow, 1s inches and 40 feet; yel-
low willow, is inches and 35 feet; Lom-
bardy poplar, 10 inches and 40 feet;
blue and white ash, 10 inches and 25
feet; black walnut and butternuts, 10
inches and twenty feet.
If, as is sometimes the. case, a horse
pulls hard upon the bit it is not desirable
to put in its mouth twisted or other
severe bits, as it only makes the matter
worse. A much better way is to take a
common bit and have it covered with
stout leather, and use it in that manner.
1t may take little time for a horse to
get used to it. He cannot get so strong
a hold with his teeth, and it is not as
severe upon the mouth as curb or
twisted bit, and in little time the
animal will be cured of tugging at the
bit, which often makes it tiresome.